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I’ve been reading The Authentic Wild West/The Gunfighters, by James D. Horan. Horan writes that Bat Masterson has written about gunfighters such as Wild Bill Hickok, Wyatt Earp, Bill Tilghman, Charlie Bassett, Luke Short, Clay Allison and Jim Curry. I kno

by | Jan 1, 2002 | Inside History

I’ve been reading The Authentic Wild West/The Gunfighters, by James D. Horan. Horan writes that Bat Masterson has written about gunfighters such as Wild Bill Hickok, Wyatt Earp, Bill Tilghman, Charlie Bassett, Luke Short, Clay Allison and Jim Curry. I know them all except Jim Curry. Do you know who he is? Jari Teilas Finland Jim Curry, an Irishman, arrived in Hays City, Kansas in the late 1860s, when the town was brand new. It was claimed by Army scouts that he was a scout for Major James Fors


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